Man convicted of stomping girlfriend with cowboy boots

11:55 AM,
Dec. 6, 2013

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A 52-year-old Florence man has been convicted of assault for stomping on his girlfriend's head while wearing cowboy boots. Stephen Biles will be sentenced Jan. 15 in Boone Circuit Court.

A jury has recommended Judge J.R. Schrand sentence Biles to 15½ years in prison. Jurors could have asked Biles be sentenced to the maximum of 20 years. Biles will be eligible for parole after serving 85 percent of whatever sentence he receives.

"That evening Mr. Biles didn't show any mercy so I ask you not to show him any now," Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Wes Williams told jurors before they made their ...